Baghamshah 3 (Jurassic of Iran)

Where: Iran (32.0° N, 57.0° E: paleocoordinates 13.1° S, 42.6° E)

When: Baghamshah Formation, Early/Lower Bathonian (167.7 - 164.7 Ma)

• base of Baghamshah Fm, Zigzag zone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; unlithified, argillaceous, calcareous siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: H.M. Kluyver, R. Tirrul, P.N. Chance, G.W. Johns, and H.M. Meixner. 1978. Explanatory text of the Naybandan Quadrangle Map 1:250,000. Explanatory text of the Naybandan Quadrangle Map 1:250,000 1-143 [F. Fursich/F. Fursich/F. Fursich]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 37565: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Franz Fursich on 16.03.2004

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
"Isastraea sp." = Isastrea
"Isastraea sp." = Isastrea Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Gervillella cf. acuta Sowerby 1826 oyster
 Pectinida - Limidae
Ctenostreon sp. Eichwald 1862 file clam
 Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
Pleuromya alduini Brongniart 1821 clam
 Pholadida - Ceratomyidae
Ceratomya sp. Sandberger 1864 clam
 Megalodontida - Ceratomyopsidae
Ceratomyopsis sp. Cossmann 1915 clam
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae
Procerites sp. Siemiradzki 1898 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Morphoceratidae
Morphoceras multiforme Arkell 1951 ammonite